Del. Judge Further Specifies Pleading Requirements for Benzene Docket

WILMINGTON, Del. -- The Delaware judge overseeing the coordinated benzene docket has issued a ruling further clarifying specifications regarding pleading requirements for the lawsuits. In re: Benzene Litigation; Hamill, No. 05C-09-020; Heddinger, No. 06C-05-295 (Del. Super. Ct., New Castle Cty.).

The Feb. 26 opinion by the Delaware Superior Court for New Castle County denied three motions to dismiss two benzene lawsuits on pleading grounds, but granted a fourth motion to dismiss with leave to amend.

According to Judge Joseph R. Slights III, several defendants sought to have the complaints dismissed on grounds that the plaintiffs failed to meet Delaware's pleading …